John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin

John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin (1601-1673) was a Walloon general in the service of Spain.

Biography
John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin was born in the Spanish Netherlands in 1601 to a Walloon family, and he served under Count Tilly during the Thirty Years' War. He later served under Louis, Grand Conde, and he became the commander of the army in Catalonia in 1647. During the Fronde, he sided with Conde against King Louis XIV of France, and he was imprisoned in Perpignan for 13 months. In 1653, he was released in an amnesty and headed to Spain, where he became a general. From 1663 to 1664, he served under John of Austria the Younger during the Portuguese Restoration War, and he led Spanish troops against France in northern France during the War of Devolution in 1667. He died in 1673.